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2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$13,249 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$40,205 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Marketing School for You

In 2020-2021, 147 degrees and certificates were awarded to marketing students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #41 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Marketing Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best value programs for marketing students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in North Carolina

Check out the marketing programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Marketing

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for marketing students. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

ECU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NC State are $9,131 per year.

NC State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Marketing Schools in North Carolina list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Marketing Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WCU are $4,367 a year.

Full Marketing at Western Carolina University Report

#4

Gardner - Webb University

Boiling Springs, NC
$32,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Gardner - Webb University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Gardner - Webb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the distant town of Boiling Springs.

Gardner - Webb undergraduate students pay an average of $32,200 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Marketing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 64
Florida 420
Georgia 59
Tennessee 75
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 0
Alabama 143
South Carolina 1
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 0

Marketing is one of 20 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Business Administration & Management 131,555
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 31,701
Accounting 19,309
Human Resource Management 12,117
General Business/Commerce 9,137

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Nick Youngson.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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